Pricolici

A Pricolici (pronounced /pri.koˈlit͡ʃʲ/) (same form in plural) is a Romanian vampire with werewolf-like attributes, transformed from a child breastfed after its mother has weaned it risks.

Pricolici are similar to a vârcolac, although the latter sometimes symbolises a goblin, whereas the pricolici always has wolf-like characteristics, they have the ability to transform into ordinary people or animals. They also have similarities with strigoi, undead souls that have risen from the grave to harm living people. While a strigoi possesses anthropomorphic qualities similar to the ones it had before death, a pricolici always resembles a wolf or dog. Malicious, violent men are often said to become pricolici after death, in order to continue harming other humans.